Enfranchising

Enfranchising
Enfranchise En*fran"chise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Enfranchised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Enfranchising}.] [Pref. en- + franchise: cf. F. enfranchir.] 1. To set free; to liberate from slavery, prison, or any binding power. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]

2. To endow with a franchise; to incorporate into a body politic and thus to invest with civil and political privileges; to admit to the privileges of a freeman; to give the right to vote. [1913 Webster]

3. To receive as denizens; to naturalize; as, to enfranchise foreign words. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]


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